2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
6/08/2017 | 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | PAGING THE PRE-MEDS: ENGAGING STUDENTS IN FRESHWATER ECOLOGY THAT ARE PURSUING HEALTH CAREERS | 301A
PAGING THE PRE-MEDS: ENGAGING STUDENTS IN FRESHWATER ECOLOGY THAT ARE PURSUING HEALTH CAREERS
Many undergraduates aspire to health careers particularly because these jobs are often in-demand, well paid, and perceived as a noble profession. For a biology degree many university programs require their students to take a wide variety of courses which may include ecology or freshwater ecology. While pre-health students often are highly motivated and competitive, they are not necessarily engaged if the course material does not seem relevant to their goals. Teaching these students can be challenging, but also rewarding if we can broaden their horizons and make connections to aquatic sciences. Part of this process can include introducing them to career opportunities they might not have been aware of before. In this presentation I discuss strategies I use at a Kentucky liberal-arts college to engage students considering health careers. We make connections between freshwater concepts to applied topics in public health, and develop fundamental research skills in the classroom, lab, and field. In addition, invited guest speakers from federal and state agencies, NGOs, and extension faculty of University of Kentucky have sparked some students to contemplate alternative career opportunities.
- C23 Education
- C21 Communicating Science
- S11 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Freshwater Science
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Mark Galatowitsch
(), Centre College, mark.galatowitsch@centre.edu;
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